{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65a28c429ba8e30016dff20e/69f384f28dd960ac619eaee4?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Tales of the Irish Coast and Sea ~ with Seanchaí  Colin Urwin","description":"<p>On this full blue moon, Orkney Islands storyteller Tom Muir has a blether with an old friend. You'll hear about these things and more:</p><ul><li>&nbsp;Colin's life in the Glens of Antrim</li><li>The story of a wreck at the Giant's Causeway - a Spanish Armada story, and other shipwreck tales</li><li>Queen Elizabeth I, the greatest killer of English sailors</li><li>Shipwreck treasure stories in Papa Westray and Graemsay (Orkney)</li><li>Mythologized history</li><li>Folk tales in Ireland: the wee folk, the fairy thorns (hawthorn), leprachauns and pots of gold ... misfortune and bad luck to thrawn, and how to be forgiven by the fae</li><li>Why are there more mermaids than selkies in Antrim</li><li>An Inuit/selkie/finfolk connection in Ireland and Scotland?</li><li>A celebration of David Thomson's People of the Sea, (selkie stories collection/travelogue) with Colin Urwin and Ruth Kirkpatrick</li><li>About \"Mary Beans\", fairy darts and axe heads - their beauty and powers</li><li>Colin tells the story of the Rathlan farmer, off the County Antrim coast, including singing \"She Moves Through the Fair\"</li><li>Colin's Orkneyology Press book, The Madman's Window: making fleshed-out stories out of folklore scraps</li><li>Colin's other books: The Iron Hag, and The Man who Talked to the Wind and other stories from the Tommy Sessle archive - nominated for the Catherine Briggs award - Dal Raiada Folktales; Tales of the Irish Coast and Sea</li><li>Iron, magic and the fairy folk</li><li>Being introduced to the world of professional storytelling by Irish storyteller Liz Weir</li><li>Colin sings us out with \"The Parting Glass\"</li><li><br></li></ul><p>Links:</p><p><br></p><p><strong>The Madman's Window:</strong></p><p><strong>print:</strong> <a href=\"https://shop.orkneyology.com/collections/orkneyology-press-books/products/the-madmans-window-other-tales-of-the-antrim-coast-1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://shop.orkneyology.com/collections/orkneyology-press-books/products/the-madmans-window-other-tales-of-the-antrim-coast-1</a></p><p><strong>ebook:</strong><a href=\" https://shop.orkneyology.com/collections/orkneyology-press-books/products/the-madmans-window-other-tales-of-the-antrim-coast-ebook\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> https://shop.orkneyology.com/collections/orkneyology-press-books/products/the-madmans-window-other-tales-of-the-antrim-coast-ebook</a></p><p><strong>Colin's website</strong>: <a href=\"colinurwin.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">colinurwin.com</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Tom Muir and Rhonda Muir"}